Doctor Alex George might be gaining sympathy on Love Island after he keeps being 'friendzoned' - but his ex claims his soft persona is all an act.

The girl identified only as Emma claims he "tried to use her for sex" before "ghosting" her.

Emma matched with the 27-year-old Islander in September 2016.

The 32-year-old legal professional met Alex when he was a trainee doctor in London.

She swiped right on the Dr - but lived to regret it.

Dr Alex George met his ex on Tinder (Image: ITV Picture Desk)

He was a junior doctor in London at the time (Image: adlgeorge1/Instagram)

After a series of flirty messages, they enjoyed three dates and Alex came across as "well spoken, smart and attractive".

For their fourth date, the new couple went out for drinks and Alex invited her back to his flat share.

"Everything was going fine. We started kissing and obviously he wanted a bit more," she told the Sun .

"I said 'no', because I felt like it was still too soon for us to go all the way, but then he started getting really funny with me.

"He kept saying 'go on, go on', which made me feel really uncomfortable, and I said, 'I don't really know you'. I just wanted to give it a bit of time as it had only been two weeks since our first date.

"After I kept refusing he said, 'Why are you being funny' and I said 'I'm not'."